This book argues that the Muslim theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was a popularizer of philosophy more than its critic and that his theory of mystical cognition is based on the theory of prophecy of the philosopher Avicenna.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2014-03-21
Language: English
Number of Pages: 200
Edition: 1
Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
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